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ddg-web-search

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Web search without an API key using DuckDuckGo Lite via web_fetch. Use as a fallback when web_search fails with missing_brave_api_key error, or whenever you need to search the web and no search API is configured. Provides titles, URLs, and snippets for research queries. Zero dependencies — works with just the built-in web_fetch tool.

When to use

• Web search without an API key
• Fallback when web_search fails with missing_brave_api_key
• Search the web when no search API is configured
• Research queries
• Regional search filtering
• Search-then-Fetch pattern

When not to use

• No time/date filtering (DDG Lite doesn't support `&df=` reliably via fetch)
• Text results only — no images or videos
• Results sourced from Bing (may differ from Google)
• Google search does NOT work via web_fetch (captcha blocked)

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